Battle of the fun ships: A Disney Cruise Line and Carnival Cruise Line comparison

Battle of the fun ships: A Disney Cruise Line and Carnival Cruise Line comparison

In great news for cruising families, both Carnival Cruise Line and Disney Cruise Line look to be sending more family-fun towards Australia.  Carnival has confirmed a second ship will be heading towards Australia, meanwhile, Disney has confirmed that cruising on Aussie shores is part of its plan moving forward.  Carnival Australia President and Chief Executive … Read more

Silversea returns to the Kimberley after two years

Silversea returns to the Kimberley after two years

Silver Explorer has left Darwin on the first of her eight voyages in the Kimbereley 2022 season.  The luxury cruise line has been kept out of Australian waters for more than two years, with Silversea holding a plaque exchange to celebrate the significance of the return.  Adam Radwanski, Silversea’s Managing Director for the Asia Pacific, … Read more

Is Disney Cruise Line headed to Australia?

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Micky Mouse might be heading Down Under. According to Disney Cruise Line’s Jeff Van Laneveld, the Vice President of Marketing & Sales International, Disney Cruise Line may start sailings in Australia. Mr Van Laneveld told Cruise Weekly: “Australia and New Zealand are big cruise markets with a strong affinity for Disney, so naturally that’s going … Read more

Bookings soar for Coral Princess’s first cruises from new Brisbane terminal

Bookings soar for Coral Princess's first cruises from new Brisbane terminal

Shortly after Pacific Explorer christened the new Brisbane cruise terminal, Princess Cruises Coral Princess is joining the fun today.  It will be the first ever ship to be homeported out of the new terminal and the first of Princess Cruises’s MedallionClass vessels to sail in Australian waters.  And already, according to the Princess website, the … Read more

Ageist! Older cruisers hit out at insurers as CLIA joins calls for action over huge premium rises

Ageist! Older cruisers hit out at insurers as CLIA joins calls for action over huge premium rises

Angry cruisers are accusing the insurance industry of “ageism” as many give up the quest for a policy they can afford and abandon cruise plans. As a flood of emails, messages and comments arrived at Cruise Passenger on Facebook and on cruisepassenger.com.au, it became clear that many lifelong cruisers are resigning themselves to not being … Read more

Cocktail cruising: Which lines offer all-inclusive booze and is a drinks package worth it?

Cocktail cruising: Which lines offer all-inclusive booze and is a drinks package worth it?

Princess Cruises have announced a new premium add-on package that includes top-shelf drinks, multi-device WiFi, specialty dining and more to lure cruisers back to he sea. The premium cruise line has massive savings on its Princess Plus and Princess Premier packages. The Princess Plus package includes a Plus Beverage Package where guests can get drinks … Read more

Holland America’s new ship Rotterdam gets a royal welcoming

Holland America's new ship Rotterdam gets a royal welcoming

Holland America Line’s new ship Rotterdam was treated to a royal welcoming in the city she was named after.  Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands was in attendance as the ships godmother, officially naming the vessel in front of a decorated list of guests, including the CEO of Carnival Arnold Donald and Lord … Read more